Democracy in Print The Best of The Progressive Magazine,
1909–2009Edited by Matthew Rothschild

From Addams to Zinn, a century of voices speaking out on war, peace, human rights, labor, and democracy

“From these pieces one gets a sense of the vigor of the left’s past. . . . and its perennial relevance to American life.”
—Publishers Weekly

Democracy in Print captures many of the most influential voices from a
century of United States history who have spoken out on the struggle to make real the promise of democracy for all Americans, railed against abuses of corporate power, renounced American empire, championed environmental causes, opposed war, and waged peace. It chronicles voices of the women’s rights movement, the civil rights movement, the labor movement, and the gay rights movement. And on every page it declares the importance of an independent media by culling the best of The Progressive magazine over the last one hundred years.

Eminently browsable, this book is for anyone concerned with American democracy, the global community, and the perils of the planet. With contributions by actors and Supreme Court justices, comedians and Nobel Prize winners, Democracy in Print offers all readers nourishing food for thought.

“For a century, The Progressive has drawn on great thinkers and writers to envision a better world. Democracy in Print reminds us of the wrongs that have been righted and the challenges that remain.”
—Senator Bernie Sanders

Matthew Rothschild is editor of
The Progressive magazine and host of Progressive Radio, a weekly public affairs program syndicated nationally. He is author of You Have No Rights: Stories of America in an Age of Repression.

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